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| Septa_kid | Oct 15 2008, 08:32 PM Post #31 |
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5001 was on the 61 |
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| Van2006ko | Oct 15 2008, 10:38 PM Post #32 |
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I thought Southern NABIs were the best maintained NABIs on the fleet? no? Edited by Van2006ko, Oct 15 2008, 10:52 PM.
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| TRANSIT_FREAK | Oct 15 2008, 10:45 PM Post #33 |
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to Life, Love & LOOT
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Comly's are the best maintained. Southern has tinted windows but Comly has bothe tinted windows and cushioned Seat inserts in the buses. Now if we can work on Comly NABI Destination sign's we are good. |
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| Van2006ko | Oct 15 2008, 10:53 PM Post #34 |
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Well all NABIS have a top speed of anywhere from 50-55 mph even though its shown otherwises on their speedometers, as I mention in another thread its more then likely a speedometer bug. Why? because 5042 speedometer top speed was 60 mph one day of a week then later in the week it was 55. Then the next week it was 75mph then reverted down to 40 mph. Trust me in order to change speeds on the NABIs that drastically, that will require a final axle change which costs $$$$. There's no way that within a few days SEPTA will consistently replace the axles on the NABIs, albeit it requires man hours to perform this task. The truth is buses age and their devices age once these devices wear and tear they become more and more null void in everyday operations. That could be one of the reasons why fuel gauges were removed from buses (if I'm wrong then someone please correct me). If some NABIS were set to 40mph, then the engine will sound completely different and they will shift like the zfers flyers. Its a stupid move to limit the engine to just 40 mph considering the rpms will be extremely high at lower speeds the higher the rpms, the increase wear and tear to the engine and transmission. |
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| NeoArtic7101 | Oct 17 2008, 12:50 PM Post #35 |
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rest in peace to all AN440's that ran the Philadelphia area streets
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so it would make sense for the engines in the Ikaruses/NABI's to be set to 50-55 mph, then right? And does anyone know the assignments of all of the new DE41LF's coming in? |
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| Van2006ko | Oct 17 2008, 12:57 PM Post #36 |
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Yes... Well as it stands now 8120-8164 are going to callowhill, 8165-8199 are going to comly and the remainder is unknown but Victory/Frontier or Southern is likely. CA: Are you sure 5002 was not on the route 9 or deadhead instead? Because its been spotted on Midvale routes recently.... Edited by Van2006ko, Oct 17 2008, 12:58 PM.
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| CACrafter88bk2504 | Oct 17 2008, 07:21 PM Post #37 |
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I was using 5002 as an example. As it stands, 5002 is the oldest SEPTA bus on SEPTA property running in revenue service. No, I didn't spot 5002 on the 9. |
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| Septa_kid | Oct 17 2008, 09:12 PM Post #38 |
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Wait, 5001 is newer, what is it doing at Midvale? |
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| NeoArtic7101 | Oct 18 2008, 12:24 AM Post #39 |
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rest in peace to all AN440's that ran the Philadelphia area streets
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yes of course its newer its a NABI, not an American Ikarus, but the original 5001 was sent back to American Ikarus because the specs were rejected by SEPTA, but American Ikarus then changed its name to NABI in the middle of SEPTA's order and 5001 was the last bus sent in by NABI, but it is also a completion sequence #, it wouldn't make any sense to have 5002 and so on and not have 5001. |
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| Septa_kid | Oct 18 2008, 12:43 AM Post #40 |
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I know the story of 5001, I just want to know why It couldn't stay at Callowhill. Midvale should get some of those 5200's if Callowhill really needs room for hybrids. |
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